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Re-enactors recapture history in battle at Gamble’s Hotel
- Published 03/8/2010
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MARS BLUFF — Hundreds of people got to experience a piece of South Carolina’s Civil War history this weekend at the reenactment of the Skirmish at Gamble’s Hotel.
The two-day event was held at the Harwell House at the Rankin Plantation in Mars Bluff and featured a period-dress ball, Civil War merchants, a period church service and the battle reenactments with artillery, infantry and cavalry re-enactors.
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The Confederate soldiers drive the Union soldiers to retreat during the battle reenactment at the Skirmish at Gamble’s Hotel on Sunday. The reenactment was part of a weekend-long celebration of Civil War history at the Harwell House at the Rankin Plantation in Mars Bluff.
Metal detectorist finds Viking brooch
- Published 02/12/2010
Sidney Boyce was using his metal detector near Longbridge Deverill when he found the bronze trefoil brooch, which he then took to the museum to be identified.
The find was reported to Katie Hinds, the finds liaison officer for Wiltshire, based at Salisbury Museum, who immediately recognised its significance. 
A Viking trefoil brooch found near Longbridge Deverill
Promise of Gold Lures Prospectors
- Published 01/22/2010
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Gold fever has hit the West Coast with a big rise in the number of mineral exploration applications.
Crown Minerals figures show there were 89 applications for mineral prospecting, mining and exploration permits in the region in 2009, compared with 33 the previous year.
Thirty-seven applications were granted, including 24 mineral mining permits, compared with 19 in 2008. Fifty-four permits were issued nationally last year.
For Duncan Davidson, it is important not to get carried away as he contemplates goldmining on land near Hokitika.
"I try not to think about it. I think it's a disease. You get a little bit of gold and there's an attraction there and you've got to be very careful," he said
Learn to find treasure on the beach
It happened to me... I dug up treasure worth £1million
- Published 01/6/2010
By Richard Webber
Last updated at 10:30 PM on 01st January 2010
On 29 September 2009, treasure hunter David Booth embarked on his first outing with a metal detector. Within minutes, he stumbled across 2,000-year-old gold jewellery worth an estimated £1 million.
David, 35, is the chief game warden at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling, Scotland, where he lives with his partner, Carolyn Morrison, 28.
The memories of that Monday will remain etched on my mind. It was a calm autumnal day, so I decided to finish work early and spend a few hours metal detecting. For years I'd fancied taking up the hobby, but it was only five days before that eventful day that I had got round to treating myself to a metal detector.
It's an American model that can indicate what kind of metal it has detected, ranging from tin to gold, and cost £240. I'd mucked around
Struck gold: David Booth with the jewellery he uncovered on his first outing. He looked in an area with plenty of history dating back to Roman times
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Black Civil War troops to get recognition in South Carolina
- Published 01/6/2010
Robert Bohrn cannot forget the black Union soldier whose bones he and another Civil War relic hunter uncovered on Folly Island, S.C., more than 20 years ago.
"It's one thing to find a coin, a slave tag, a person's ring," Bohrn said. "It's way different to turn your shovel blade over and see a human being."
Feeling as though he is a caretaker for that soldier and the 18 others whose skeletons were found at the lonely outpost, Bohrn, 53, now is working with South Carolina to erect a historical marker near the site.
Robert Bohrn feels as though he is a caretaker for the 19 sets of remains his discovery led to. (John D. Simmons / Charlotte Observer / December 18, 2009) |
Finders of huge Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon hoard to net £3m
- Published 11/24/2009
AN unemployed metal detection enthusiast and a Staffordshire farmer are set to become millionaires following the discovery of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure which experts are likely to value at about £3m this week.
The gold and silver artefacts, which are already shedding new light on the Dark Ages, are collectively worth almost double the amount of the most expensive ancient treasure previously found in Britain.
Terry Herbert, 55, who lives alone in a council maisonette on disability benefits, stumbled across the hoard in July while searching a nondescript field owned by Fred Johnson near the M6 toll road between Lichfield and Tamworth. Herbert bought his first metal detector at a car boot sale for £2.50. 
A selection of items of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver found in the Staffordshire field
Ida Aftermath Calls Treasure Hunters
- Published 11/22/2009
Ida Aftermath Calls Treasure Hunters
Beach combers search the shore after Ida passes
Updated: Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009, 2:13 PM EST
Published : Monday, 16 Nov 2009, 6:30 AM EST
By ROBY CHAVEZ / myfoxdc
REHOBOTH BEACH, De. - At Rehoboth Beach, many treasure hunters are hoping the remnants of Hurricane Ida will bring them wealth or at the very least an interesting find.
All along the beach there are signs of erosion, but for beach combers it’s not all bad. As the waves moved off, the ocean dumped colorful rock and shells.
With his oversized bright yellow headset strapped onto his head, Wayne Argo is not looking for sea shells by the sea shore. He and many others have been walking up and down the beach waving their metal detectors from side to side.
”I have been here for five hours looking for the perfect find," says Argo.
He and his buddy are members of the Mason Dixon treasure club in Frankford, Delaware.
Some are expert hunters but others are just curious. As Gometaldetecting.com explains, being lucky is simply not enough. You need to learn from people who have been in the metal detecting hobby for years.
Prospectors see surge after commodities rise
- Published 11/18/2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:16 PM MST
As gold prices skyrocket, metal detectors are flying off shelves as more and more people are looking to gold mining and prospecting as a hobby.
Gold prices recently hit record highs and settled at $1,139.40 an ounce Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. As a result, local merchants are flooded with consumers looking to sell old jewelry and lone earrings to make a few bucks in a tight economy. The rush has been on for quite some time, local sellers said, but now prospecting and mining are seeing surges as well.
“We’re buying wagon-loads right now,” Sam Scarmardo of Sam’s Shooters Emporium said. “We’ve been seeing tons of people coming in looking to sell gold jewelry lying around the house but we’re also selling tons of metal detectors, too.”
The hobby is booming now, Scarmardo said, adding that he’s seen a “huge increase” in people coming in with questions looking to get started.
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Metal detector enthusiast unearths huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold
- Published 09/24/2009
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been unearthed on farmland in Staffordshire by a metal detector enthusiast, archaeologists revealed today.
Terry Herbert, 55, from Burntwood, came across the huge treasure estimated to be worth more than £1 million as he searched a field near his home. The exact location of the discovery has not been disclosed but it is understood to be near the Lichfield border in South Staffordshire, in what was once the independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Experts said that the collection of more than 1,500 military artefacts, including helmet, sword pommel and sword hilt ornaments possibly looted on the field of battle 1,400 years by a victorious warlord, may have belonged to Saxon royalty.
The hoard contains around 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, far bigger than previous finds such as the Snettisham hoards. Some of it was lying in the open on top of the ploughed field.
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Ill. man invites public to display of Civil War collection
- Published 09/21/2009
JASPER, Ind. — JASPER, Ind. A priceless private collection of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War artifacts will be on display at the Dubois County Museum on Oct. 2-3.
The collection was meticulously pieced together over the past 15 years by Joseph Matheu, a passionate Civil War buff from the Chicago suburbs.
As a special bonus on Oct. 2, Matheu will be at the museum from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT to provide the history behind his artifacts.
There will be limited reservations for the exclusive viewing, and wine and cheese will be served. Admission will be $35 each for museum members and $50 for nonmembers.
For more information and to make reservations, call (812) 634-7733 or e-mail jdkluemper@psci.net.
GREG ECKERLE / Courier & Press Joseph Matheu displays one of his cases of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia. More than 50 cases of his Lincoln and Civil War artifacts will be shown at Dubois County Museum events in Jasper, Ind., on Oct. 2-3.
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